Coffee Pod Things
 

Ladies and Gents,

I am in need of some help.

I recently bought myself one of these (I've now officially made it in life):

http://www.appliancist.com/krups-pic...olce-gusto.jpg

But as nice as Carrefour were at flogging me it and chucking in some of the free pod / capsule things, I've now run out. They appear to not bother selling them either....or I can't find where they are.

They come in boxes like this:

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/asse...174117276c.jpg

The pods themselves look like this:

http://the-gadgeteer.com/wp-content/...ce-gusto-2.JPG

Now you're all up to speed, I have two questions:

1. Does anybody have this machine and know where I can buy more pods?

2. If anyone sees some will they buy me several boxes of the plain Americano pods please? You will be rewarded with a tip of no more/less than 5dhs.

Thanks in advance

#firstworldproblems

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Take it back and get a Nespresso. Far better and can get the refills in MoE.

I know Virgin in MoE sell the Nescafe machines, not sure about refills.

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Virgin? ****ing bizarre. I'll check.

Thanks pal.

Won't take it back, it's quality and wasn't too expensive.

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Quality might be stratospheric but if you can't get the pods it's all a bit pointless..

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Please tell me you googled it instead of just posting which makes you look like an FWit! https://www.dolcegusto-me.com/EN/ser...re-to-buy.aspx

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I'm seeing your point.

I haven't trawled the city for them yet but was amazed that they weren't in the obvious location in Carrefour.

Actually, scrap that, I wasn't amazed, I did the classic Dubai sigh and shrug... before lambasting myself for being foolish enough to think they'd be in the coffee / tea aisle.

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That link gives Carrefour as an outlet...so maybe asking on a forum is the better option?

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You make a good point, but if I just googled it myself, what would you do all afternoon ;)

So far I know this to be true:

LIE
Spinneys
Waitrose Dubai Mall
Dubai Mall
UAE

LIE
Carrefour
Carrefour Mall Of The Emirates
Mall Of The Emirates
UAE

LIE
Carrefour
Carrefour Mirdiff
Mirdiff
UAE

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You see that's where you went wrong. Now if you'd looked in the toilet cleaning accessories you'd probably have found them. Or next to the frozen chickens. Or CDs, basically any and everywhere but in the coffee/tea aisle.

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Actually, thanks. Union Co-Op is a good shout that I hadn't considered.

You look all useless and mean, but you can be helpful sometimes :rofl:

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Will you ring them and record the conversation. It'll be ******* hilarious!

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I know, I know. I did go round Waitrose with only them in mind. Ended up forgetting ham for my sarnies which was disappointing.

I even looked amongst the kettles and bins and crockery.

I definitely didn't ask for them either. Young Filipino bloke having an even younger fat white Brit asking him where he can find the capsules for his coffee machine.....I'd struggle to not feel like such a massive bell end.

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Have you learnt nothing this week? He'll be put in the clink then deported for defamation.

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**** me, where can't you buy them?
Carrefour
Carrefour Deira
Deira
UAE
Carrefour
Carrefour Mall Of The Emirates
Mall Of The Emirates
UAE
Carrefour
Carrefour Mirdiff
Mirdiff
UAE
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Carrefour Sharjah
Sharjah
UAE
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Carrefour Marina Mall
Marina Mall
UAE
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Al Saqr
UAE
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Carrefour Jimi Mall
Jimi Mall
UAE
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Bawadi
UAE
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UAE
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UAE
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UAE
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RAK 2
UAE
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Ajman City Center
UAE
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Shindagha
UAE
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Carrefour Fujeirah
Fujeirah
UAE
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UAE
Geant
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UAE
LULU
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UAE
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Qusais
UAE
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Khaldiya
UAE
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Wahda
UAE
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UAE
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Um Suqeim
UAE
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Mercato
UAE
Spinneys
Spinneys Town Center Meadows
Meadows
UAE
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Spinneys Marina
Marina
UAE
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Spinneys Motor City
Motor City
UAE
Spinneys
Waitrose Dubai Mall
Dubai Mall
UAE
Spinneys
Spinneys - Waitrose Marina Mall
Waitrose Marina Mall
UAE
Union Coop
Union Coop Jumairah
Jumairah
UAE
Union Coop
Union Coop Barsha
Barsha
UAE

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Can I do that on my iPhone? If I just start a voice recording? Or will it only record my end of the call?

If I can do it, I will, then we'll worry about how to upload it on here.

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I'll pop to one of these after work. Thanks mate :thumbsup:

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I get them in LuLu and Choithrams, never had a problem finding them, in Carrefour they are actually with the machines not in the coffee isles. I prefer it over the Nespresso I am honest, I have both :)

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You've got both?

FFS, I thought I'd made it and was finally big time....you've just shattered that.

Choithrams, I'll go for food shop there then. Did you know the car washing lads in the one by Safa only charge 10dhs....compared to 25 in Dubai Mall. Union co-op is next door so can do two birds with one stone.

Thanks BC.

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It'll record both ends mate. Go on Do it!

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Barsha Mall 10 dits for a wash, covered parking, Union Coop upstairs!

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husband prefers the Nespresso I prefer the Dolce Gusto, simply because you don't have to have milk in the house as it comes with milk capsules and they do a wicked iced cappacino and the child loves the hot chocolate. Nespresso is just coffee however their new caramel and chocolate coffee is nice :)

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mug, tea bag, boiling water, milk

jobdonelullycuppasplosh

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I was of the same opinion until someone bought us a Nespresso machine for Christmas.

It's life changing, I tell you.

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It didn't for me, it cut the recording as soon as I hit the call button. Didn't matter anyway, I'd dialed VOX cinemas instead :rofl:

Iced Coffees? Shit the bed, I need to try that.

I used Dad's twice a day on holiday over there. Never looked back. Best bit is I got it 'free' from the 40% cashback voucher for buying my dishwasher.

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No it wont record on iPhones I am afraid
You can ask *cough*the septics*cough* for a copy of the recording though ;)

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Out of stock across Dubai....I have one in the office and my secretary has been on the case!

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What about Tassimo T4 machine? Currently on at £30 in UK but you get a code for a voucher worth £20 off of the pods, so effectively £10.

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LuLu's has got them :) and Choithrams at the Greens

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ewwww. I hate these things. I'm no tree hugger, but the environmental impact of these poxy things is horrible.

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why go to RAK :confused:

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How so?

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but I don't think Tassimo pods are available here are they?

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What do you do with the capsule?

It's metal. All that energy and resource making the capsule straight into the ground for a coffee. Multiply that by millions of coffees a day...

This is a great example of new ideas unnecessarily increasing resource usage for no real benefit. What is wrong with a machine that crushes beans rather than this processed stuff - it tastes better too.

I'm well aware I'm on very thin ice making these statements with my environmental footprint, but I do sort of draw the line at this.

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Its plastic, not metal....if that makes it worse for you?

I'm sure there are plenty of examples of things like this that lots of people use.

But: who wants a coffee grinder? Who wants to have to deal with that? Who says it actually tastes better?

I can get up and have a latte or cappuccino or espresso or anything I want without having to go to a Costa / Starbucks etc...I bet if I did go to those my environmental footprint would be bigger than letting this bad boy make them at home for me.

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I think he was taking the piss.

I'll forgive you for having a blonde day.

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No it won't, and AFAIK that's to comply with US (and most other) laws which prohibit recording of phone conversations (your own, not those between two other parties) unless you declare up front that you're doing so (hence all the recorded warnings whenever you phone a company that is going to record the conversation). And also AFAIK there isn't an App that gets round it (I've looked).

A friend, long ago, had a device that wrapped around the microphone cable that he used with his phone, which then fed into a Walkman that he recorded conversations on. I guess that would work.

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I'm way too lazy to do that for a 10 second call that won't be too funny anyway. Good tip though. :thumbsup:

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These pods coffee machines are a scam in the same way printer ink cartridges are.

Let me guess, the machine was a bargain? Be sure to let us know if you ever see the coffee pods on special anywhere.

Its a similar pricing structure to printer cartridges, and I'm sure you guys all know how expensive they are ~ $3000 USD a litre

Do yourself a favor and calculate the price per KG of the pod coffee, then keep in mind that they contain additives and is not 100% pure coffee.

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Guess what I just got delivered to the door!! three boxes of Dolce Gusto tea thanks to Nescafe Arabia #ramadankareem :thumbsup:

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three boxes of their new Marrakech Tea in a personalised box :)